diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdff2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+Minimization/__pycache__
+POPC-test
+POPC-test-5k
+venv
+code_and_data.zip